Inaccuracies on Links to Weight Gain and Exaggerated Consumption Levels Are Misleading to the Public. Today’s segment of The Dr. Oz Show claiming low calorie sweeteners cause weight gain was not based on scientific facts and made gross exaggerations when depicting average consumer use of sweeteners, according to the Calorie...
Read MoreATLANTA (August 5, 2013) — Many media reports have alleged that the consumption of low-calorie sweeteners may lead to an increase in weight gain because they cause people to crave sugar. However, there is not any research to prove this. In fact, the majority of the research on low-calorie sweeteners...
Read More(JULY 11, 2013) In response to the opinion piece "Artificial sweeteners produce the counterintuitive effect of inducing metabolic derangements," (Swithers, S. E. (2013). Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism), Dr. John Fernstrom, Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, had the following to say: “Dr....
Read MoreATLANTA (June 13, 2013) — A study showed that high sugar intake may be linked to weight gain, but only because it leads to excessive caloric intake; not because of anything particular about the properties of sugar. The systematic review and meta-analyses by Te Morenga et al pulled and analyzed...
Read MoreATLANTA (June 12, 2013) — The Calorie Control Council is disappointed to learn that The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has changed its position on sucralose based on one unpublished and non-peer reviewed study, which has not been publicly released and is at odds with the wealth of scientific...
Read MoreATLANTA (June 10, 2013) — A new review in the summer 2013 edition ofUS Endocrinology found that low-calorie sweeteners can be used to both help prevent and manage Type 2 diabetes. The study,”The Role of Low-calorie Sweeteners in Diabetes,” examined the role between excess weight gain and management and prevention...
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